Évocation Nocturne - Clarinet & Piano

Hey there! Today I submit my latest work. I'm not composing much lately but I managed to come up with this being somehow a reflection of thinking about the happy moments lately. 
It has some similarity with that highly expressive Rachmaninov style, that somehow represent for me really well this type of feelings.
I hope you like it!

The clarinet and piano complements one another very well, whether it is the give and take, question or answer, or use of chords and arpeggios for the piano, or runs in the  melodies for the Clarinet. the feeling of general ease is well-balanced with the slightly more mysterious phrases. This  works nicely as both as a piece in itself, a background music piece or even a programmatic piece.

Have you thought of modulating this to A maj or any other key for contrasts?

Hi, Nazariy!

This is a beautiful piece of work. I really enjoyed all the dynamic contrast in the B section. There are moments like 2:25 where I wish I could hear the clarinet just a bit more, but perhaps it was your choice to have it so closely intertwined with the piano. 

Thank you for sharing! I can hear the joy.

Hi @Nazariy!

Wonderful piece!  It reminds me of a peaceful village or town music from a role-playing game although it also clearly has concert-piece potential.  I love how you linger on certain notes in the melody of the Clarinet like at meas. 9 & 55 where you stay on the B even though the previous melodic contour makes the listener expect another resolution of a descending whole step.  That's the kind of thing that makes the melody very memorable, unique and more interesting, rather than cookie-cutter (if you had also done a descending whole step there it would definitely be a predictable move).

On a side note, have you considered having this played by an A Clarinet instead of Bb?  Since this piece is in A major it would be in C major for an A Clarinet (and hence, much easier than the Bb Clarinet's key of B major).  Thanks for sharing this beautiful piece!

A very enigmatic work .... in the most positive way.  Hard to pinpoint the style ... it has a turn of the century operatic feel to it.  

There were a few moments I felt the piano accompaniment could have been a bit lighter to let the clarinet sine a bit more.

 I liked it very much.  😃

Mark